Well, my code seems to be ok. I just needed to remove the “disabled” state of the field that prevented the update metadata for a completely unknown reason to me. Merci Sim 😉 Replaced this <input type=”text” id=”union_id_field” name=”union_id_field” value=”<?php echo esc_attr( $value ); ?>” disabled> By this <input type=”text” id=”union_id_field” name=”union_id_field” value=”<?php echo esc_attr( … Read more
I was told about the fabulous posts 2 posts plugin which does exactly what I need. Issue resolved.
WP Query to order posts by multiple meta fields
Ordering posts alphabetically by meta keys and title
Hmm… Try altering your query a little to: $args = array( ‘post_parent’ => $post_id, ‘post_status’ => ‘inherit’, ‘post_type’ => ‘attachment’, ‘post_mime_type’ => ‘image’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘orderby’ => ‘menu_order ID’, ); $attachment = new WP_Query( $args ); $attachment = $attachment->posts; Alternatively, you could use the following: $attachments = get_children( array( ‘post_parent’ => $post_id, ‘post_status’ => … Read more
What you are trying to accomplish here is will not work just but calling the function make_sticky on a link because this function doesn’t actually print anything for the final user to take an action. What will happen here is that every post in the loop will get set as sticky every time that method … Read more
Automatically add custom fields (post_meta) to all published posts, hourly, via wp_cron?
How to show specific meta keys of all posts in admin panel?
Well that depends on how you define secure. I assume your embed code is an iframe which means that you are putting something not under your control (that could in theory always change into something malicious) into your site. This isn’t 100% secure itself. That is why esc_html strips that out. The question you have … Read more
After even more searching I’ve found an answer to this question here. I used the update_option_{$option_name} action to do what I needed.